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 | Future Bullfighters
We all know what bullfighters are, but where do they come from? A long time ago, the most enterprising ones spontaneously jumped in the arena, risking their lives for one instant of glory while trying to catch the attention of a bullfight manager. Now all these boys and girls have the opportunity to learn and prove their value: today private and subsidized schools teach the practice and the theory... see more » | | |  | Inbio, the researchers' Eden
In Costa Rica, the tiny Central American country in a paradise of tropical forest, the protection of the natural heritage has become an avant-garde fight. Inside a unique organisation, the National Institute of Biodiversity (Institut National de Biodiversité, INBIO), nearly 200 men and women work to build the noblest of libraries on the knowledge of nature. Every day, these “Eden researchers” collect,... see more » | | |  | Lord of the Bush
Noël Fullerton has reigned for forty years over the Northern Territory, whose most intimate secrets he knows inside and out. To discover his kingdom, there is only one possibility, a mehari journey, in a saddle !
Noel Fullerton cracks the barrel of his six-shooter after making sure no bullets were missing. “That’s just in case one of us breaks a leg ...” Cracking a big smile, tough to see under... see more » | | |  | Oceanografic
Take a walk through the oceans, see penguins and tropical fish, great white sharks and igloos without leaving Europe. All this is possible at L’Oceanografic in Valencia, Spain, the largest aquarium in Europe.
The magnificent and amazing building covers an area of one hundred thousand square metres on two levels divided into ten different themed zones.
The habitats on display are the Mediterranean... see more » | | |  | S.O.S Red Tuna
Since the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in 2002, effort has been devoted to addressing the governance, scientific, social and economic issues required to introduce an ecosystem approach to European marine fisheriesin order to restore fish resources. Red tuna or Thunnus Thynnus is one of the species threatened by overexploitation. Fisherman vs. fish; one’s survival depends on the other’s…... see more » | | |  | S.O.S Thai Elephants
The elephant plays an important part in worship for Buddhists and yet it is nothing more than a working instrument or something used for man’s pleasure.
Under the pretext of protecting this animal the Thai government has been financing special elephant festivals and has permitted the existent of tourist centres where elephants are trained and used, while at the same time it has closed an eye to... see more » | | |  | The Butteri
“Everybody tells me Maremma Maremma,
but it seems to me it is a sour Maremma,
the bird that goes there looses its feathers. There I lost a dear person…”
This is the beginning of a sad popular song which probably dates back to the second half of the nineteenth century. It expresses all the grief of a wife whose husband died from malaria, the greatest cause of mortality among the Butteri.
The Butteri,... see more » | | |  | The Horsemen 1
Always interested in the equestrian world, Patricio Estay devoted almost ten years of his life photographing horsemen on every continent: Gauchos from Argentina, Stockmen from Australia, the Guardians of the Camargue, Charros from Mexico, Cavalry-archers from Japan, etc.., he gives us a glimpse into the lives of these modern centaurs.
It is the doors to these kingdoms that we have tried to swing... see more » | | |  | The Horsemen 2
Always interested in the equestrian world, Patricio Estay devoted almost ten years of his life photographing horsemen on every continent: Gauchos from Argentina, Stockmen from Australia, the Guardians of the Camargue, Charros from Mexico, Cavalry-archers from Japan, etc.., he gives us a glimpse into the lives of these modern centaurs.
It is the doors to these kingdoms that we have tried to swing... see more » | | |
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